Compression 101

Well here is a article from our friends at DBX. It is on the basics of compression. You can read it here.

Just What Do We Do, Anyway!?!

Here is another article from Church Sound Check. Curt discusses the responsibilities of a Audio Director at a church. Except for the cassette tape references it is pretty right on and shows why we need volunteers to help get through the week.
Just What Do We Do, Anyway!?!

Equipment List

Well I put an article up earlier about knowing your equipment. Well here is a list of all the Audio equipment we use in the various rooms around the DSC. I will be adding the portable system eventually.
Click here or on the title to get to the PDF file.

Long Day

Well today was a long one. Should have been easy only piano and 2 vocals and had a light week with Zach out of town and the Well at the park so no major setups. So I get a lot of work done in areas that need it, like the resource table and storage rooms that badly need organization, but I should never let the little things go that get Sunday ready. I didn't fill out the paper, program the console, tape down the cables( thanks Jeff) or make sure what was happening in the children area. Thus I turned an easy Sunday into a rough one. Lesson learned at least for until next time I mess it up. Sorry to Jeff who had to deal with my lack luster prep.

Ives and Glorious Unseen

Yesterday was a fun day. New Covenant Church brought in The Glorious Unseen and Ives the Band to play a concert. It was an interesting show from a setup point of view. Usually you have the headline act, this case the Glorious Unseen, sound check first, then you set up the opening act in front of them and let them sound check. The Glorious Unseen was not supposed to arrive until 4:30pm for a 7:30 show. So we setup Ives with space for the other band to set up behind and around. Another interesting thing is that Ives uses an aviom system. I think this is what most bands should do instead of purchasing a small PA. This made sound check a breeze because they pretty much already had there mixes dialed in. The us the Aviom split, so we plugged there microphones into the split and then sent to the main snake. The only issue is what do for the change out. I had a couple of the sound guys from NCC helping out and we were able to switch the stage out with minimal issue. There were only 4 channels that had to be rerouted to the main snake so turned out okay. Fortunatly NCC has a pretty nice setup on stage. Plenty of channels and an M7CL at FOH. The next fun thing was Glorious Unseen did not get to the church until 6:05 it really got fun. we got them unloaded setup and dialed in by about 7:05pm. The used JBL VP series monitors we got from Popejoy hall. These things rock. They are loud and clear. I mixed 4 mixes from FOH to the wedges and one in ear for the lead singer. My buddy Jay actually mixed Ives and they played well and Jay mixed like Jay always does. I handled Glorius Unseen who was a very good and well. Well sorry for the ramling but thought give some insights into a day of concert. Remember we have Rush of Fools here at DSC in September 2nd. Let me know if you can help. I am still waiting to hear back so I can get times for everyone.
Here are the websites of the bands from last night.
http://www.ivestheband.com/
http://www.myspace.com/thegloriousunseen
in Him
chris

Tech Tips from Chris Tomlin’s Audio Engineers

This article comes from Chris Tomlin's current tour and how his crew prepares for the shows. It is another good article on preparation. http://www.churchproduction.com/go.php/article/8657